Golden Leaf Day. What a beautiful description for the day when the leaves are just perfect, just at their peak. I think Sunday was Golden Leaf Day at my house. All week last week (or maybe the week before, time flies!) I thought to myself, wow, our tree sure is taking a while to turn. And then, all of a sudden, it was fall in my front yard . . .

Jasper spent all day Sunday sitting on the back of the couch looking out the window, leaf hunting. She crouches, she hunts, she pounces on the window as the leaves come close. The funny thing is that if you let her go outside, she won’t go. She’s too afraid of all the leaves blowing around.